Posted on 02/22/2023 6:28:46 PM PST by nickcarraway
Tesla is moving its global engineering headquarters to the former Hewlett Packard campus in Palo Alto, it announced during a press conference with CEO Elon Musk and Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday.
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"I couldn't be more proud of California's commitment to support Tesla over the course of the last few decades. It's demonstrable in terms of policy, in terms of direction, more broadly. An interesting regulation, dare I say, for all its good and evil, depending on which side you are on. But the regulatory framework accelerated the investment, accelerated with some certainty that this was the direction we were going," Newsom said, saying that Tesla is a California company.
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CEO Musk noted that Tesla's Fremont-based manufacturing plant has the highest automotive production output in North America.
"So we'll probably do 600,000 or more cars this year, if all things considered go well," Musk said. "To your (Newsom) point, California is a tremendous manufacturer as well as a place of engineering and innovation."
Musk said he looks forward to a partnership with the state and transitioning the world to sustainable energy as quickly as possible.
This must be a prelude to him endorsing Newsom in 2024.
“...transitioning the world to sustainable energy as quickly as possible...”
NOT a good plan for me.
Huh - I thought Tesla’s engineering was already in Palo Alto, on Deer Creek Road. Is this just a move to Page Mill Road?
Gavin “self medicate” Newsom must have offered Musk anything so Newsom can have talking points for a presidential campaign. Pathetic.
“Former HP campus”?? Isn’t HP still on Page Mill Road?
Oh, Elon. You’ve got to realize that once the honeymoon is over, California will tax and regulate you to death.
You know that, right?
Thought he was moving everything to Texas.
Funny isn’t it. The Twitter files being exposed, leading to no one being accountable for anything, folks confirming what they already knew and then train derailments and CornPop heroically visiting Ukraine.
But we’ll all pay for it anyway.
He’s nothing more than a snake oil salesman.
Just remember….the FBI emailed the folks at Twitter. Not an employee from the FBI. The FBI. So we’ll never know who from the FBI was colluding with big tech to censor and plant stories.
Buying a piece of Gavin! before the price skyrockets this Fall seems like a prudent investment.
He’s moving some of it back.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha……
I’ll bet that Newsome gave him some crazy tax breaks and that the liberals that moved to Texas with the company ain’t too happy living in the Lone Star State.
They’re running around like the California couple in the Babylon Bee skits.
It’s going to be tough to recruit talent without all of those Silicon Valley fluff benefits…
Shortens Elon’s commute between Tesla & Twitter. Probably scored a deal on HP’s old space. Not really a “win” for CA, just a photo op for Gabbin’ Gavin, and a chance to flap his gums about “green” s#%+.
cause why?
So much for “Genius”!
He had an opportunity extricate more of his interest from CA and failed to do so.
Other than the political craziness and high taxes, life is much better in California than in Texas, especially if one makes super good money like the liberal Tesla execs.
Musk’s moral flexibility would make me think twice about
trusting the “liberated” Twitter the closer we get to
2024.
Poor writing. It should say where it’s moving from and to.
It should say where it’s moving from and to.Why? What difference does it make?
All you need to know is 2 clowns gleefully made a joint announcement.
Think twice about false idols.
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